International dance workshop offers special price for Rosemead residents

The Young Americans Musical Workshop is offering special prices for 3rd- to 12th-grade Rosemead residents who want to attend a three-day learning bonanza from Oct. 18-20.

For $35, young residents will be able to learn from 53 international performers who are between the ages of 18 and 22. Lessons will take place at Rosemead High School, 9063 E. Mission Drive.

“Our teachers represent different cultures throughout the world, and I think that’s our most special quality,” said spokesman T.J. Stoltz. “For a student from Rosemead to learn from teachers who are almost peer-age level...In a cast of 53, it’s going to represent a lot of personalities. Odds that they’ll be able to relate is going to be a lot higher.”

Nonresidents will have to pay $50 for the same program, which includes one meal and snack per day, a T-shirt, and a live performance that will showcase skills the students learned during the workshop.

Students will be exposed to the following genres: Broadway musical medleys, hip hop, contemporary, jazz, rock’n’roll, choral and classic.

The Young Americans is a performing group that was established in 1962. It has 550,307 participants worldwide who have performed in 101 international tours, reported its website.

Because there will be 53 instructors, students should have one-on-one instruction, Stoltz said. So both people without any singing or dancing experience and people with years of experience have a shot to move onto the next level, Stoltz added.

If kids aren’t pleased with what they see within the first hour, they could leave and receive a full refund. But people rarely leave after seeing a 30-minute performance from their instructors and learning part of the final dance routine, Stoltz said.

Tickets for the live show in Rosemead High School’s auditorium will cost $10 per person.

For more information, call the Parks and Recreation Department at 626-569-2160 or visit the city’s website.